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Title: NintendoΓÇÖs updated mobile app will make sharing Switch 2 screenshots
a lot easier

Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 14:38:43 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nint...

Nintendo is gearing up for the launch of the Switch 2 on June 5, and to
ensure youΓÇÖre ready to go when the console arrives at your door, youΓÇÖll
need to download the latest update for the newly renamed Nintendo Switch App.
The app, which was previously called the Nintendo Switch Online app, had
added a number of new features, including a more seamless screenshot
interface, GameChat functionality and placeholder icons for game-specific
services like Zelda Notes. The latter will become usable on launch day.

Arguably the most useful addition is the revamped screenshots and video
upload feature, which allows you to link your phone to your Switch 2 and
wirelessly upload in-game media to the app, either manually or automatically.
This was already possible on the original Switch (and is hardly a
revolutionary feature), but doing so involved some needlessly clunky QR code
scanning that didnΓÇÖt always work. Now, screenshots and gameplay clips
should just appear in the app, where you can save them locally. Up to 100
files can be stored in the app for 30 days from the point of upload, and once
you hit the limit the oldest files will disappear if not saved.

Another big Switch 2 feature is GameChat, NintendoΓÇÖs new multiplayer voice
chat functionality. Via the Nintendo Switch App youΓÇÖll be able to receive
notifications for GameChat invites, friends coming online and friend
requests. Your added friends will be displayed on the home screen of the app.
Again, no one whoΓÇÖs been playing games on a modern PlayStation or Xbox
console for the last decade is going to be blown away by any of this stuff,
but it looks like playing online with friends on Switch 2 is going to be
mercifully less fiddly than on its predecessor.

The Zelda Notes icon now appears when you open the Nintendo Switch App, but
it wonΓÇÖt be functional until June 5. The app, which is only compatible with
the Nintendo Switch 2 Editions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and
Tears of the Kingdom, effectively functions like a sat nav for tracking down
missing Koroks and shrines on your save file. You can also share your
Autobuild creations in TotK with friends, edit in-game photos and check play
records such as the number of enemies defeated and total game overs.

Nintendo is making small tweaks to some of its other services ahead of the
Switch 2ΓÇÖs arrival. Over on Nintendo Switch Online (not to be confused with
the mobile app), where you can play a selection of emulated classics from
NintendoΓÇÖs back catalogue, a new Switch 2-exclusive rewind feature will be
added to the N64 library, as well as a new CRT filter option. These features
were already available for NES and SNES games on the service, and itΓÇÖs not
entirely clear why original Switch owners wonΓÇÖt benefit from the additional
N64 options as well.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/nint...
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